Tudo indica que 'Number Ones' será 1º no Top Catalog Albums

Wcharts 27/06/09

Keith Caulfield, L.A.
Next week, Michael Jackson will once again make music history as many of his albums are poised to shake up the Billboard charts with incredible sales increases.
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The impact of Jackson's passing was felt immediately in the marketplace. Industry sources report that the demand for Jackson's albums were so high, many brick and mortar retailers simply ran out of whatever Jackson stock they had on hand on Thursday (25) night.
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The albums with the greatest sales increases -- at least on the physical side of things -- look to be his greatest hits packages "Number Ones" and "The Essential Michael Jackson" along with the expanded reissue of "Thriller." The sets, released between 2003 and 2008, were the three Jackson albums that perhaps had the most stockavailable in stores.
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In the digital realm, where the supply problem doesn't exist, Jackson's songs and albums swarmed the top of the constantly-updating best sellers lists in both the iTunes' and Amazon's online music stores. At one point on Friday in the iTunes Store, nine out of the top 10-selling albums and 40 of the top 100-selling songs were by Jackson.
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The three aforementioned albums, along with Jackson's classic studio sets "Off the Wall," "Bad" and "Dangerous" all will likely zoom into the upper region of Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart next week. Initial reports of Jackson's album sales from Thursday alone indicate that one of his albums -- possibly "Number Ones" -- will easily fly to No. 1 on the chart. Last week, the set -- which also was his top-selling album of the week -- was at No. 20 on the Catalog chart with 4,000 sold.
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To compare, last week's No. 1 on the Catalog chart was TobyMac's "Portable Sounds" with 9,000 copies sold. Sources say that at least one of Jackson's albums sold more than double that amount just on Thursday.
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Nielsen SoundScan's tracking week ends at the close of business on Sunday (28). Billboard and SoundScan's new weekly charts will be released on Wednesday, July 1.
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Em resumo, os estoques de albums físicos se esgotaram. Apenas os arquivos digitais em sites como Itunes e Amazon não estão com esses problemas logicamente. Ralatórios iniciais das vendas de Michael na quinta-feira, indicam que um dos albums dele, possivelmente 'Number Ones' será 1º lugar no Catalog Albums e que, semana passada, o primeiro colocado, TobyMac com 'Portable Sounds' vendeu 9 mil cópias, enquanto 'Number Ones' havia vendido cerca de 4 mil e estava em 20º. Nove albums dele estão no top 10 do Itunes e 48 faixas estão no top 100 singles até o momento.